The Race for a New Life (Oklahoma Land Rush)
Contributors: Dea Marks (Illustrator)
Series: Cover-to-Cover Chapter Books - Historical Moments
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: August 2002
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780756909949
Subjects: General; Historical - United States - 19th Century; Readers - Chapter Books; Native Americans; Children's Books/Ages 9-11; Boomtowns; Frontier and pioneer life; American History; Soddies; Cherokee Strip Land Rush, 1893; Oklahoma; Children: Grades 4-6; Deputy U.S. MarshalBill Tilghman; Five Civilized Tribes; Boomers; Sooners; Sodbuster
Genres: Juvenile Historical Fiction/Nonfiction
First sentence: Ten-year-old Josh takes his injured father's place in the Cherokee Strip Land Rush of 1893. The book also provides information on the early history of Oklahoma.
This book is illustated and contains archival photographs and drawings. It also includes bolded vocabualry words with a glossary. Children will be able to identify with the young, main character and learn about an important event in American history at the same time.
Description: Educational Children's Book  (ages 9-11)
Notes: The author, Alvin Robert Cunningham, is a retired educator of 34 years. He taught American History at Henry High School in Henry, Illinois and Social Studies in the Ottawa Elementary Schools in Ottawa, Illinois. Mr. Cunningham enjoys reading, especially about American history in the 19th century. He and his wife enjoy living at their new home in Streator, Illinois.